Automatic windmill-regulator.



No. 767,562. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

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No. 767,562. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904. A. P. HOBSLY.

AUTOMATIC WINDMILL REGULATOR.

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PATENT OFFICE.

ANTONE P. HOESLY, OFv MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA.

AUTOMATIC WINDMILL-REGULATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,562, dated August16, 1904.

Application filed January 2, 1904- To all whom it may concern.-

. be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it most nearly appertainsto make. use, and practice the same.

My invention relates to an improved mechanism for automaticallyregulating the pumping action of a windmill by the rise and fall of afloat in the tank into which the water is pumped.

I call the device a flong-distance regulator, because it is adapted forregulating the windmill, no difference what the distance may be from thepumping-point tothe tank; and

. it consists of the mechanism and devices hereinafter fully indicatedand explained.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing theregulating mechanism and its connections with the float in the tank.Fig. 2 is a side elevation (enlarged) of the regulating mechanismcommencing to wind. Fig. 3 is an edge view in elevation of theregulating mechanism. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the operating-leverand trippinglever. Fig. 5 is a detached view of the sliding lever, andFig. 6 is an edge view of the tripping-lever.

A represents the posts of a windmill-frame.

C represents the pump,and D the pipe which connects with the spout ofthe pump and leads to the tank 21.

Inside of the windmill-frame and alongside of the pump-rod B, I mount aframe or casing in which the regulating mechanism is mounted. This frameor casing will usually consist of two upright boards spaced at a shortdistance apart and properly connected together, so as to support themechanism between them. Supported between these uprights by gudgeonsorjournals and at the proper height from the ground I mount a shaft orWindlass 2, upon which is a ratchetwheel 3. On one side of thisratchet-wheel Serial No. 187,579. (No model.) 1

the size of the shaft is reduced and a lever A has one end securedloosely around this reduced portion, and the lever extends beyond therim of the ratchet-wheel 3, and its opposite end is connected with thepump-rod by a link 5. To this lever is connected a pawl 6 in suchposition that when the outer or free end of the lever is dropped downthe pawl 6 will engage with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel; but when thefree end of the leveris elevated the pawl is raised out of theratchet-teeth and held suspended. The lever and pawl are made in asingle piece by forming the pawl so as to project out on one side of thelever and engage with the ratchet-teeth, while the lever extends to oneside and lies next to the face of the wheel. A reverse hook-shaped pawl8 is mounted on the opposite side of the ratchetwheel 3, and a slightspring 9 causes it to drop down into engagement with the teeth of theratchet-wheel and hold the wheel during the downward movement of thepawl 6. The free -end of the pawl-lever 1 and the reverse holding-pawl 8are both connected by a chain or other flexible connection with thelower end of a vertically-sliding bar 10, so that when the bar israised, as hereinafter described, both these pawls' t and 8 are elevatedand suspended free from the ratchet. The shaft on the opposite side ofthe ratchet is enlarged, so as to form a winding-drum or windlass, and ashort chain 11 is attached to it so as to be wound upon the drum orwindlass by the rotation of the shaft. The opposite end of this chain isconnected by a wire 12 with the windmill or its vanes, so that thewinding up of the chain draws upon the Wire 12 and throws the windmillout of action. This wire 12 passes freely through a hole in one arm of atwo-armed lever 13, which is pivoted between the uprights above theWindlass, and a knot or enlargement 14 serves as a stop by being toolarge to pass through the hole and prevents too great tension fromcoming upon the-wire, and it also serves to operate the two-armed leverso as to draw down one end of thelever and throw the opposite endupward. To this opposite end of the lever is attached a wire 15, whichpasses down and is connected to the pawl-lever 4; and lifts it so as todisengage its pawl from the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 3.

A vertically-sliding bar 10, to the lower end of which the pawl-lever 4and reverse-pawl 8 are connected by flexible connections, moves freelyup and down in guides on the upright of the frame, and it has aprojection or shoulder in the form of a hook on its front. A lever 17 ispivoted at one end to the upright and extends horizontally across belowthe projection 16, and its outer or free end is connected with the floatin the tank by a wire 18, so that the upward movement of the lever,caused by the downward movement of the float in the tank, will raise thelever and by striking the arm or projection 16 will raise the verticalbar, and consequently lift the pawls out of engagement with theratchet-wheel.

An inclined trigger-bar 19 is pivoted below the lever 17, and thevertical sliding bar 10 has a notch 20, which engages with the bar 19and arrests its downward movement until the weight of the lever 17 comesupon it, as hereinafter described, and causes it to trip the trigger-barand drop the vertical sliding bar and allow the pawls to drop intoengagement with the ratchet.

The free or outer end of the lever 17 is connected with the float 20 inthe tank 21 by a wire 18, which leads upward through a pulley 23 on thewindmill-frame above and thence is carried over pulleys 24 along theupper end of poles 25 to the float in the tank, and a pea or weight 26on its outer end serves to draw it downward and give it weight tooperate the trigger-bar. The lower end of the triggerbar is slightlybent or curved upward, as at at, so that as the lever 17 strikes thiscurve the trigger-bar is slightly rocked, so as to disengage it from thenotch 20.

In operation the outer end of the lever 17 moves with the float in thetank, but in a reverse direction, so that when the tank is full and thefloat is at its highest position the lever 17 is lowered, so as tooperate the trigger-bar and release the notch from the vertical slidingbar and allow that bar to drop and engage the pawls with theratchet-teeth of the wheel 3. This causes the drum to wind up the chainor wire 12 and throw the wind-wheel out of action; but before thisaction is completed the knot or enlargement l4: arrives at the hole inthe two-armed lever 13 and draws the arm of the lever downward. Thiscauses its opposite arm to be elevated and draw upon the wire 15 andelevate the pawl-lever 7 and lift the pawls out of engagement with theratchet-wheel, so as to stop the winding action of the Windlass. Thisoperation is repeated each time the tank is filled and the water andfloat are lowered, so that a uniform quantity of water is continuallykept in the tank and overflow is prevented.

The mechanism is simple and easily kept in order, and it can be soapplied that the tank can be stationed and kept full Without manualattention at any distance from the windmill.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In an automatic windmill-regulator, a tank; a float in the tank; alever connected with and operated by said float so as to be moved in adirection the reverse of the float; a winding-shaft; a ratchet-wheel onthe winding-shaft; pawls adapted to engage with the teeth on saidratchet-wheel; avertically-sliding bar adapted to be raised and loweredby said lever, and flexible connections between said vertically-slidingbar and the pawls of the ratchet-wheel whereby the pawls are disengagedfrom the teeth of the ratchet-wheel and held in suspension when thevertically-sliding bar is elevated, substantially as described.

2. In a windmill-regulator, a winding-shaft; a ratchet-wheel on saidwinding-shaft; pawls adapted to engage with the teeth on saidratchet-wheel; a tank; a float in the tank; a vertically sliding barconnected with the pawls by a flexible connection; a lever connectedwith and operated by the float in the tank; a notch in saidvertically-sliding bar; a trigger bar or latch adapted to engage withsaid notch and hold the vertically-sliding bar in suspension, and a tripon said trigger bar or latch adapted to be operated by the descent ofthe lever so as to release the trigger from the notch, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a windmill-regulator of the class described, awinding-shaft; aratchet-wheel on said shaft; a lever fulcrumed on the windingshaft andconnected with pawls adapted to engage with the teeth on saidratchet-wheel; a two-armed lever located between the winding-shaft andwindmill; a lifting wire, or cable connecting said pawls with the vanesof the wind-wheel and passing through one arm of said two-armed lever;an enlargement on said cable between the two-armed lever and windmill,and a wire connecting the opposite arm of said two-armed lever with thepawls of the ratchet-wheel, whereby the winding up of the cable on thewinding-shaft causes the opposite arm of the lever to tilt and lift thepawls out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchetwheel,substantially as described.

ANTONE I HOESLY.

Witnesses:

L. SCHMIDT, A. W. FROMENT.

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